Radiator.



l. M. JACOBS L W. GRANIER.

RADIATOR.-

APPLICATION FILED 0c.2e. 1917.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Inventor@- WTF@ STATES PATENT FFIE@ ISIDOR M. JACOBS, OF KANSAS CITY, AND WILLIAM CRAMER, OF ST. IOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO TRUCK, TRACTOR AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

RADIATOR.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Application led October 26, 1917. Serial No. 198,649.

To @ZZ whom 25 may concern:

Be it known that we, lemon lVI. JACOBS and VILLIAM CRAMER, citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiators, of which the following is a specication.

rlhis invention relates to the dummy radiator fully described in the companion aplication Jfor patent of the same inventors, led October 20, 1917, Serial Number 197 ,542, but certain optional forms or modiiications are herein shown and described oi the means for controlling the plug or radiator cap, and also for connecting the real radiator of the machine with the outlet through the dummy radiator.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the radiator cap or plug and surrounding parts of the dummy radiator;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 8 8 in Figs. l, 2, and 4, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 4C is a front elevation of the dummy radiator showing the real radiator in dotted lines.

As stated in the above-mentioned application for patent of the same inventors, the dummy radiator 1 is intended to hide not only the defective appearance of a salvaged real radiator 2, but also to present a standard appearance of a motor truck constructed as referred to in the above named application, from salvaged parts.

Since water must be introduced into the real radiator 2, and since the frame of dummy radiator 1 covers the same over just as the perforated material 3 that forms the front of dummy radiator l covers over the front of the real radiator 2, some means of connection must be provided between radiator nozzle 4L of the real radiator 2 to the water inlet 5 of the dummy radiator 1.

Such connection is afforded by the tube 6 which telescopes tube 7, which in turn overlaps collar 8 of the water inlet 5. Spring 9 presses the rounded edged flange l0 of tube 6 into the dishedseat 11 at the top of the member 4, while at its opposite end said spring 9 engages the iiange 12 on member 7, thus tending to keep member 7 in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which the same partially telescopes collar 8 and abuts the edge of the said'collar 8 while at its other end extending into telescopic relation with tube 6.

Rod 13 is iitted into holes in the side wall of member 7, the ends of the said rod being riveted over, whereby it is held stationary. A spring cap 14 rests upon the said rod 13 while a spring 15 seats in the said cap and also in the bore 16 in plug 17 having the flanged cap 18.

The inlet member 5 is attached by rivets 19 to plate 20 forming the top wall of the dummy radiator 1 and at one side has the retaining lug or trigger 22 that its into a groove or hole 21 in the plug 17, and which trigger passes through a hole 28 in member 5. Trigger 22 is pivoted in any suitable manner at 24: by means of the trigger arm 25, which is adapted to be pushed in one direction by rod 26 and push-button 27 and to be retracted in the other direction by spring 28.

When pressure is applied to button 27, trigger 22 is moved out of the notch or groove 2l in plug 17 upon which release spring 15 instantly ejects plug 17 from its seat in member 5.

The reason for the connection between the real radiator inlet 4C and the dummy radiator inlet 5 by the plurality of loose parts herein shown and described is that the same allows a latitude in case of non-alining radiator inlets.

Having thus described this invention, we hereby reserve the beneiit of all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention, or the scope of the following claims.

We claim:

1. The combination of a true and false radiator, and means for connecting their respective inlets, the said means consisting of a loosely mounted tube and a coupling between the same and a dummy radiator inlet.

2. The combination of a true and false radiator, and means for connecting their respective inlets, the said means consisting of a loosely mounted tube and a coupling between the same and a dummy radiator inlet, and a spring pressing the said tube and coupling in opposite directions.

3. The combination of a true and false radiator, and inea-ns for connecting their respective inlets, the said means consisting of a loosely mounted tube and a coupling between the same and a dummy radiator inlet, and a spring pressing the said tube and coupling' in opposite directions, there being a bead on the lower end of the said tube and a fla-nge on the upper end of the said coupling and the said spring being so located as to impinge against the said bead and the said flange.

il. The combination of a true and a false radiator having inlets, means adapted to Close the entrance to said inlets, including a tubular member on said false-radiator, a closure or plug positioned in said tubular member, a pivoted trigger adapted to engage said closure, means for actuating said trigger, said plug having seated therein a retractile spring, and resiliently-controlled telesooping tubular connections between said true and false radiator inlets.

In testimony whereof We hereunto aiilx our signatures.

ISIDOR M. JACOBS. TVILLIAM CRAMER.

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